Crawford Kilian (born February 7, 1941) is a Canadian

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and a college professor. He is also the former public education columnist for the

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newspaper. Kilian holds an undergraduate degree from

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and master's degree from

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.Writers in Electronic Residence - Crawford Kilian

Biography

Born in New York City, Crawford Kilian grew up in Los Angeles and Mexico City. He graduated from

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in 1958 and moved back to New York to attend college. Kilian completed his undergraduate career at

in 1962. After graduation, Kilian was drafted into the

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where he completed a two-year tour of duty. After his tour of duty, he became a technical writer for the

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, Canada, where he began his education career. Kilian taught in two

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community colleges between 1967 and 2008, of which five months were spent in

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from 1983 to 1984. Kilian's first teaching position was at the Vancouver post-secondary institution,

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. Shortly after in 1968, he moved to

Capilano College Capilano University (CapU) is a teaching-focused public university based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located on the slopes of the North Shore Mountains, with programming that also serves the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and the Sunshine ...

for its inaugural year. After 40 years at Capilano, he retired in the spring of 2008. Kilian has published hundreds of articles on a wide range of topics including education, science, environment, politics, webwriting, and books. After retirement he became a part-time writer-editor for ''

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'', an online newspaper based in Vancouver. He currently lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Selected works

References

External links

Writing for the Web blog by Kilian

H5N1 Blog by Kilian

Writing Fiction blog by Kilian
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kilian, Crawford 1941 births Living people Canadian fantasy writers Simon Fraser University alumni Capilano University faculty Canadian male novelists Columbia College (New York) alumni